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Human Rights Risks Briefing: Palantir Technologies HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS BRIEFING: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES PALANTIR’S EXPOSURE TO HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS AND ENGAGEMENT GUIDANCE FOR INVESTORS 1 HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS BRIEFING: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES Investor Alliance for Human Rights HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS BRIEFING: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES November 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Visit our website here and follow us on Twitter. The Investor Alliance for Human Rights is an This briefing was authored by Paloma Muñoz initiative of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Quick, Director of the Investor Alliance for Responsibility. Human Rights, with valuable input from Mary Beth Gallagher, Executive Director of Investor Advocates for Social Justice, and Michael DISCLAIMER Connor and Hannah Lucal of Open Mic. The Human Rights Risks Briefing: Palantir Design by Molly Conley. Technologies is intended as a basis for constructive engagement to promote respect for human rights throughout business activities. ABOUT THE INVESTOR All research and analysis contained herein is ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN based on publicly available information and is RIGHTS not represented as original research. The briefing does not claim to represent a comprehensive The Investor Alliance for Human Rights is assessment of corporate policies or practices. a collective action platform for responsible investment that is grounded in respect for people’s fundamental rights. We are a membership-based, non-profit initiative focusing on the investor responsibility to respect human rights, corporate engagements that drive responsible business conduct, and standard setting activities that push for robust business and human rights policies. Our membership is currently comprised of over 150 institutional investors, including asset management firms, trade union funds, public pension funds, foundations, endowments, faith-based organizations, and family funds. Our members currently represent a total of nearly US$4 trillion in assets under management and 18 countries. 2 HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS BRIEFING: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES Investor Alliance for Human Rights CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 4 II. PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES 6 CONTRACTS WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) III. ICE INFRINGEMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS 8 IV. PALANTIR’S HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS AND IMPACTS 9 HOW DO COMPANIES IMPACT HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS? PALANTIR’S ROLE IN HUMAN RIGHTS HARMS EXTENT TO WHICH PALANTIR ENABLED HUMAN RIGHTS HARMS PALANTIR’S KNOWLEDGE OF ICE ABUSES MITIGATING STEPS TO ADDRESS HARMS V. PALANTIR’S MATERIAL RISKS 14 VI. WHAT CAN INVESTORS DO? 16 HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDANCE FOR INVESTORS VII. CONCLUSION 18 VIII. ANNEX 19 ENDNOTES 22 3 HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS BRIEFING: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES Investor Alliance for Human Rights I. INTRODUCTION The Investor Alliance is issuing this Human Rights Risk Briefing for investors in Palantir Technologies, a privately-owned U.S. data mining and software company that is reportedly seeking to raise “significant funding” from private investors. Today’s political climate of escalating hostility toward marginalized groups, including as a result of “zero tolerance” immigration policies and law enforcement practices that disproportionately target communities of color, companies and their investors are exposed to heightened human rights and material risks. In this environment, companies of different sectors and sizes—from information and communication technology companies to food services to healthcare firms—may cause, contribute to, or be linked to human rights harms, including by enabling the surveillance, detention, and over-policing of individuals and groups. As a developer of big data software with multiple government contracts related to immigrant detention and law enforcement, Palantir is therefore highly exposed to a range of human rights risks. This has notable implications for investors. Effectively identifying and addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks, including human rights risks, may help achieve higher risk- adjusted returns and increase the comprehensiveness of risk management. In contrast, the failure of companies to act with due diligence to address ESG risks may impose significant costs on companies and, as a result, on their investors. In addition to making good business sense, managing human rights risks is key for companies and investors in fulfilling their human rights responsibilities in line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (hereafter UN Guiding Principles). Unanimously adopted by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, the UN Guiding Principles constitute the authoritative global framework on the roles and responsibilities of governments and companies with respect to human rights. While governments have a duty to protect human rights, companies have a responsibility to respect human rights by exercising human rights due diligence to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for adverse human rights impacts.2 4 HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS BRIEFING: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES Investor Alliance for Human Rights I. INTRODUCTION The scope of human rights covered by the UN Guiding Principles are all internationally recognized human rights—understood, at a minimum, as those expressed in the International Bill of Human Rights and the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Core Conventions.3 Companies have long engaged with the concept of due diligence to identify financial risks associated with business transactions. Human rights due diligence is a continuation of those risk management systems that takes the lens of risk to people, recognizing that where the risks to human rights are most severe (i.e. salient), there are risks to business, including reputational harm, financial loss, and legal liabilities. In order to support investor efforts to promote corporate respect for human rights on immigration-related topics, the Investor Alliance published Guidance on Corporate Human Rights Due Diligence Related to Immigration Detention and Family Separation in 2018, detailing specific human rights risks associated with family separation and indefinite immigration detention in the United States. In particular, the guidance helps companies and investors identify, assess, and address real and potential human rights impacts associated with U.S. government contracts linked to immigration detention and family separation. THIS HUMAN RIGHTS RISK BRIEFING: à Examines the human rights risks associated with Palantir’s “mission critical” relationship with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency with a track record of human rights abuses; à Identifies the material, legal, reputational, and human capital management risks posed by Palantir’s known business activities, governance practices, and business relationships; and à Provides guidance for investors to use when engaging Palantir to implement stronger governance mechanisms, policies, and practices to avoid these risks. 5 HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS BRIEFING: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES Investor Alliance for Human Rights II. PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES 6 Palantir has received over $200 million in contracts to design and run two software systems for ICE: Investigative Case Management (ICM) and FALCON Search and Analysis. Both contracts are with HSI, the division of ICE responsible for workplace raids.4 In August 2019, Palantir’s ICM contract was renewed for $49.9 million over five years. Its FALCON contract is up for renewal on November 27, 2019.5 Palantir was founded in 2004 by Peter Thiel, Nathan Gettings, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, and Alex Karp and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. During the company’s last private fundraising round in 2015, Palantir was valued at $20 billion and had approximately 2,000 employees. In 2018, Palantir’s revenue was reported to be approximately $880 million. The company’s customer base includes a range of U.S. agencies—including defense and intelligence, public health, regulatory enforcement, law enforcement, and prosecution—as well as governments around the world and other companies. Contracts that enable immigration enforcement and detention are important to technology companies, including Palantir. In the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other government and law enforcement agencies spend billions of dollars per year on procuring and maintaining mass databases, computer programs, tech employees to analyze big data, and shareable cloud-based storage to surveil, detain, and deport immigrant communities. In 2018, DHS spent an estimated 10 percent of its $44 billion budget on data management.6 Playing a central role in implementation of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, Palantir, as of July 2019, had at least 29 active U.S. government contracts worth $1.5 billion in total, including with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Army, the Navy, and Special Operations Command. Human rights groups have heavily criticized Palantir’s relationship with ICE and use of Palantir software to gather, store, and search for data on undocumented immigrants and facilitate workplace raids. CONTRACTS WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) Over time, U.S. immigration matters have been housed at different government agencies, such as the Departments of Labor, Commerce, and Justice. As such, the scope, scale, and visibility of immigration-related activities reflects the political climate toward immigrants at any given time. As part of a wave of policy changes in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, DHS 6 HUMAN RIGHTS RISKS BRIEFING: PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES Investor Alliance for Human Rights II. PALANTIR
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